i'm sooooooooo sorry for the late update, but at least I made it before the end of the month! Thank you very much for reading this and also thank you for the reviews. I'm sorry if I didn't respond to you last time. Anyway, this chapter is kind of different from the Hitchhiker style... I hope it doesn't suck to bad. I think the real cross-over is starting in the next chapter by the way. So, I hope you guys enjoy, and such.


Three nations (or should I say ex-nations, as their planet of residence was just recently destroyed) stood in complete silence. Even the usually loud and arrogant American was shocked into silence for once. The reality of what happened hadn't really sunk in until the planet Earth was destroyed. They didn't have to watch, as it was already way behind them. They all felt it inside them. Tony had thought about trying to lower the atmosphere, but he decided against it. He understood the effect that this had on them, so he decided to leave them be for a little bit.

"It's a shame what happened, da?" a voice said. Upon hearing the voice, all three felt a sudden wave of terror coming over them, before feeling a wave of relief. They stayed like this for a while. For it wasn't the person who said it that really frightened them, but rather the fact that they had heard the voice that shocked them. Finally, the man known as England said something.

"… Russia, you're… alive?" he uttered, barely a whisper. He was too shaken to turn around, afraid that he was just hallucinating.

"Yes," was the simple reply that came back.

"HHo- ho-"from behind came a small laugh, but it wasn't the man's usually laughing.

"America's friend saved us, "he replied back. "I thought the world would end one day, but not like that…"

"..Wait, us? You mean there are more?" England said, a pinch of hope in his voice.

"Well, he came to get Lithuania, but he didn't mind taken the rest of us with him. "

"So you mean… not everyone was saved… " America finally spoke up, turning around to face Russia. Russia simply nodded. America cursed quietly.

"This is all my fault. I had known about this, and I just treated it like it was a joke… "America turned so that he wasn't facing anyone. Ah, Tony thought, that's why he's acting like this. He hadn't felt like the American had any blame for what happened. And it's not like he completely disregarded the matter, he thought, remembering the American's reaction when Tony had first told him.

"It isn't your fault, America. You did try to warn us, we just didn't believe you," England said, trying to comfort the younger man. America didn't respond and the atmosphere grew awkward again.

"Well, I think it's best if we all leave this behind us. I'm not saying that it's right to forget, but I also think it's bad to feel burden by all of this," Canada said quietly, in a hopeful tone. The other three humans turned around to face him. "It was just a suggestion though!" Canada added in, rather franticly.

"No, no, you actually made a good point, Canada, "England agreed. "I know we all want to change what happened, but there's no use in worrying about what we can't change. We are just going to have to continue living." Canada mumbled something along the lines of "So he does remember me," and the atmosphere seemed to lighten up after that. For just a moment, Tony felt twinge of respect for the Engl- limey. That's not to say that he didn't still hate him – oh no, he did, and he had wanted him to die when the Vogons came. But since he happened to be "close" to his American pal, there wasn't really too much he could do. Of course there was something he could do about it, but he did have a few ups on the limey with leaving him alive. Oh yes, that limey definitely has it coming. Tony made sure to wipe the smirk of his face. Suddenly, Tony had remembered something.

"Do you remember the fish, America?" he asked, turning his head for a moment so that he could talk. The American thought for a moment until a look of recognition came across his face.

"You mean that weird yellow fish you stuck in my ear when we first met? Yeah, it's a little hard to forget about that," he replied. At hearing this, England was shocked, while Russia giggled in his usual manner.

"There's a FISH in your head?" England nearly yelled, but Tony started speaking before America could respond.

"Yes, the Babel fish. As you know, it's what lets me understand you and what lets you understand me. I think we should give the others one also. I could always use you to translate when I need you to like before, but it's much easier to do it like this. I keep them in storage. Make sure to grab a few jars," Tony said nonchalantly.

One might question the space in Tony's space craft. From the outside, you wouldn't think it was very big, at all, since it is roughly the size of an Earth vehicle. However, that is only true for the outside. The inside of the ship is much bigger thanks to hyper space. Think of it as an Earth house (or what used to be one anyway).

What Tony meant by storage was one of the rooms on the ship, which America had happened to see once while Tony was cleaning the ship. When he was almost at the storage room, he noticed a familiar face.

"Oh, Mr. America! You really are okay. But I suppose it would be weird if your friend didn't save you, of course" Lithuania said, a sense of relief coming down on him. America laughed his usual obnoxious laugh, but it was a little subdued.

"You don't have to refer to me as Mr. America, you know! It's good to see that you're safe Lithuania! But why are you back here?" America laughed again. Lithuania seemed to be a little bit surprised by the question, but he replied back calmly.

"Oh, well I figured that I should try to help your friend Tony out since he was kind enough to save me. I asked him if there was anything I could do to help, and he told me that I could cook the meals."

"Hahaha! But I'm still happy to see that you are doing well," America said, smiling.

"As am I, America," Lithuania replied, smiling back. America nodded and continued to the storage room. He looked around until he saw small jars that he knew contained the strange fish. Grabbing multiple jars, he walked back over to Lithuania when a thought occurred to him. Pulling one jar out he opened it.

"What is it, America?" Lithuania asked. America shrugged.

"I can't even describe it. Tony told me to give one to everyone. Didn't Tony give you one before? I know that he beamed you up quite a few times," America said.

"Oh, yes he did," Lithuania said, as if remembering a bad experience.

"Can you do me a favor and put one in the others?" America asked.

"Of course I can help you," Lithuania said as he grabbed a few of the jars.

"Thanks dude!" America said as he walked back to the others. When he walked in, the three humans turned around. All they could do was stare at the jars he held in his hands. Tony continued to pilot the space ship. England was the first one to respond.

"What in the world are you holding?" England said as he eyed the small jars suspiciously. America laughed.

"You'll see," he said mischievously, as he unscrewed the jars. America then walked over to Canada, pulled out a small yellow fish, and after a little resisting from the fish, stuffed it inside the Canadians ear. Canada's eyes went wide for a second from shock. Then he walked over to Russia, who accepted the fish with a smile. Finally, it was England's turn. He walked over to England with a smirk on his face, ready to stuff the fish in.

"Oh don't look like you're enjoying this you git," England complained.

"Calm down, British dude, it's nothing," America said as he stuffed the fish in England's ear. All England could think was "First my home planet gets destroyed, then I get a fish stuck in my day. It has indeed, been a very unusual day."


And that wraps it up for this week. I figured that Lithuania and America would already have a Babel fish. I just made since to me. I'll try getting chapter 3 done faster XD. Oh, yeah, if you didn't think of it as such before, this is an AU story (how could it not be?). So, yeah... If you like, please review, it really helps me!